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Clinical Trials Explained
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New therapies, including medications, medical devices and surgical procedures, are evaluated in research studies known as clinical trials.
Often these new therapies are investigational, which means they are not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for general use.
Participation in clinical trials offers the potential for new treatment options and allows patients to participate with researchers in driving the discovery of effective therapies for epilepsy…
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A Marriage Made in Heaven — The Epilepsy Foundation and epilepsy.com Unite!
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It’s official. The EFA and epilepsy.com are merging. And you can break out the wedding cake on January 1, 2013 to celebrate!
Once merged, the Epilepsy Therapy Project and the Epilepsy Foundation will focus scientific research and clinical medicine on the most important goal – new therapies, better control and a national call to action on behalf of everyone living with epilepsy…
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